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PERSONAL INJURIES PROCEEDINGS ACT 2002 - SECT 64
Meaning of advertises personal injury services
(1) For this part, a practitioner or another person, whether or not the other
person is acting for a law practice,
"advertises personal injury services" if the practitioner or person publishes
or causes to be published a statement that may reasonably be thought to be
intended or likely to encourage or induce a person— (a) to make a claim for
compensation or damages under any Act or law for a personal injury; or
(b) to
use the services of the practitioner, or a named law practice, in connection
with the making of a claim mentioned in paragraph (a) .
(2) It does not
matter that the statement also relates to other matters.
(3) For this
section, a statement is
"published" if it is— (a) published in a printed publication; or
(b)
disseminated by the exhibition or broadcast of a photograph, slide, film,
video recording, audio recording or other recording of images or sound, either
as a public exhibition or broadcast or as an exhibition or broadcast to
persons attending a place for the purpose of receiving professional advice,
treatment or assistance; or
(c) broadcast by radio or for television; or
(d)
displayed on an Internet website or otherwise publicly disseminated by means
of the Internet; or
(e) publicly exhibited in, on, over or under any
building, vehicle or place or in the air in view of persons in or on any
street or public place; or
(f) displayed on any document gratuitously sent or
delivered to any person or thrown or left on premises occupied by any person
or on any vehicle; or
(g) displayed on any document provided to a person as a
receipt or record for a transaction.
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